obedeció

/[oβ̞eð̞eˈsjo]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,092

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

obedeció is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de obedecer. Pronounced [oβ̞eð̞eˈsjo]. Often confused with obedece and obedecer.

Key facts for obedeció
PropertyValue
Headwordobedeció
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[oβ̞eð̞eˈsjo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#46,092
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of obedeció in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for obedeció is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oβ̞eð̞eˈsjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,092 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de obedecer.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for obedeció, with forms such as "boedeció", "obbedeció", and "obdeeció". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "obedece", "obedecer", "obedecen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is obedeció, spelled O-B-E-D-E-C-I-Ó, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de obedecer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: boedeció,obbedeció,obdeeció,obedceió,obeddeció,obedecció,obedecói,obedeicó,obedesió,obeedció,oebdeció,ovedeció

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for obedeció

Misspelling Variants of "obedeció"

boedeció8obbedeció9obdeeció8obedceió8obeddeció9obedecció9obedecói8obedeicó8
Misspelling Variants of "obedeció"

Frequency rank: #46,092 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obedeció"?
"obedeció" is spelled O-B-E-D-E-C-I-Ó. The IPA pronunciation is [oβ̞eð̞eˈsjo].
What does "obedeció" mean?
As a verb, "obedeció" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de obedecer.
What words are commonly confused with "obedeció"?
"obedeció" is commonly confused with "obedece", "obedecer", "obedecen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obedeció"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obedeció" is [oβ̞eð̞eˈsjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obedeció" come from?
"obedeció" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.